News

Gertrude Weaver, world’s oldest person, dies in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Just days after becoming the world’s oldest documented person, 116-year-old Gertrude Weaver has died in Arkansas. The Williams Funeral Home confirms that Weaver died Monday at the Silver Oaks Health […]

Business

Blue Bell ice cream recall 2015: Kroger, Sam’s Club pull products

DALLAS (AP) — Two other large retailers have decided to pull Blue Bell Ice Cream from their shelves as a precautionary measure after the company announced it was temporarily closing an Oklahoma. Sam’s Club and Kroger have joined […]

Obituaries

Civil rights activist, Gardner Taylor dies at age 96

The Mississippi Link Newswire A noted preacher and civil rights activist died yesterday at the age of 96. Gardner Calvin Taylor (June 18, 1918 – April 5, 2015) was an American preacher, noted for his eloquence […]

Sports

NCAA Final Four: 31 arrested in Lexington after Wisconsin beat Kentucky

(AP) Kentucky fans didn’t take kindly to their team’s first and only loss of the basketball season Saturday night. Lexington Police said 31 people were arrested near the University of Kentucky campus after the Wildcats’ 71-64 Final Four […]

News

Mississippi judge found dead on Natchez Trace

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge was found dead Friday afternoon off a state highway near the Ross Barnett Reservoir in the central part of the state, authorities said. It was not immediately clear […]

News

Questions linger after Duke student admits hanging noose

By JONATHAN DREW DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The swift discovery of the person who hung a noose at Duke University leaves questions ranging from the student’s identity to what punishment the person will face. The university […]